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Serious food in Providence, on a budget

I'm headed from NYC to Providence next week to visit a friend. She's a grad student, and I'm temporarily unemployed (or as I prefer to say, on sabbatical).We love to eat. Ambience not necessary; chairs are optional. All cuisines.

Chilangos on Manton Ave is probably the best Mexican food in the city, and they even have chairs! There are cheaper taquerias, but I think Chilangos is well worth the extra buck or so, and still plenty cheap.

There are numerous Asian restaurants that are quite inexpensive in the elmwood area, the most reknowned of which is Apsara (not to be confused with the Apsara Palace on Hope St, which is unrelated. Apsara's portions are huge, so you could certainly split a starter and a main and be full.